decidedlyodd

So, Jeremy and I met up in Konstanz on Thursday to check out the Bodensee area. Thursday was very hot and sunny (always a rarety for Germany). Combined with the 4 day holiday weekend, we had some trouble finding a place to stay (the guy at the youth hostel there informed us that they are already booked through October even). In the end, we stayed at this hotel room that was part of the “Bodensee-Arena” (yes, as in a sports arena although a small one), which was just over the border in Switzerland.

Even though it was literaly about 200m from the actual border (which runs right through the middle of the city), the people on the Swiss side spoke crazy hard to understand Swiss German, while those on the German side were still more or less speaking Hochdeutsch. Very interesting.

The second day there, we checked out this place Meersburg further down the lake as well as its castle (the oldest one in Germany, dating to the 7th century), then headed off to Freiburg im Breisgau.

In Freiburg, we wandered around town a bit and got something to eat. The next morning, we headed to Titisee, which is a very small town on a really nice glacial lake in the Black Forest. Apparently, it’s the place where either the cuckoo clock was invented or at least it was once very famous for making them. Now days, it is somewhat of a tourist trap for older Germans and families, but it was still nice and we did a very short hike up into the forest, which was nice.

Earlier today, we headed back to Saarbrooklyn, where we went to the Mexican restaurant on St. Johanner Markt for dinner.

Whew, lots of traveling. And my feet are killing me! OK, I need to sleep.